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e Question and Answer (MCQs)) have been
compiled from the boo oks of Data Communication and Networking
by the well known authhor behrouz A forouzan.

This Data Communica ation and Networking – Networrk Security

multiple choice questions and answers (MCQ) PDF covers the
below lists of topics.

1. Network Security
y Multiple Choice Question and A
Answer.

Practice now to sharpen

n your concept.

1. Message ________ means

m that the sender and the receeiver expect
privacy
A. confidentiality
B. integrity
C. authentication
D. none of the above
e

2. Message_____ mean ns that the data must arrive at the receiver

exactly as sent
A. confidentiality
B. integrity
C. authentication
D. none of the abovee

3. Message _______ meeans that the receiver is ensured th

hat the
message is coming fromm the intended sender, not an impooster
A. confidentiality
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B. integrity
C. authentication
D. none of the above
e

4. ________ means tha at a sender must not be able to den

ny sending a
message that he sent.
A. Confidentiality
B. Integrity
C. Authentication
D. Nonrepudiation

5. _______ means to prrove the identity of the entity that tries to

access the system's reso
ources.
A. Message authenttication
B. Entity authenticattion
C. Message confidentiality
D. none of the above e

6. A(n) _________ can be used to preserve the integrity oof a

document or a messagee.
A. message digest
B. message summa ary
C. encrypted messaage
D. none of the above
e

7. A(n) ________functiion creates a message digest out off a message.

A. encryption
B. decryption
C. hash
D. none of the above
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8. A hash function musst meet ________ criteria.

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. none of the above
e

9. A _______ message digest

d is used as an MDC.
A. keyless
B. keyed
C. either (a) or (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b))

10. To authenticate thee data origin, one needs a(n) ________.

A. MDC
B. MAC
C. either (a) or (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b))

Answer key for MCQ SET- 1

Q-1 Correc
ct Answer :confidentiality
Q-2 Correc
ct Answer :integrity
Q-3 Correc
ct Answer :authentication
Q-4 Correc
ct Answer :Nonrepudiation
Q-5 Correc
ct Answer :Entity authentication
Q-6 Correc
ct Answer :message digest
Q-7 Correc
ct Answer :hash
Q-8 Correc
ct Answer :three
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Q-9 Correcct Answer :keyless

Q-10 Correcct Answer :MAC

Network Security multiple choice questions and answers M

MCQ Set-2

1. A ________ signaturre is included in the document; a ________

signature is a separate entity.
A. conventional; digital
B. digital; digital
C. either (a) or (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b))

2. Digital signature proovides ________

A. authentication
B. nonrepudiation
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b))

3. Digital signature can

nnot provide ________ for the messsage
A. integrity
B. confidentiality
C. nonrepudiation
D. authentication

4. If _________ is need
ded, a cryptosystem must be applieed over the
scheme
A. integrity
B. confidentiality
C. nonrepudiation
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D. authentication

5. A digital signature needs

n a(n)_________ system
A. symmetric-key
B. asymmetric-key
C. either (a) or (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b))

6. A witness used in entity authentication is _____________

A. something known n
B. something possessed
C. something inhere ent
D. all of the above

7. In _______, a claimaant proves her identity to the veriffier by using

one of the three kinds of
o witnesses
A. message authenttication
B. entity authenticattion
C. message confidentiality
D. message integrity y

8. Password-based auth hentication can be divided into tw

wo broad
categories: _______ andd _______
A. fixed; variable
B. time-stamped; fix
xed
C. fixed; one-time
D. none of the abovee

9. In ________ authenttication, the claimant proves that sshe knows a

secret without actually sending it
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A. password-based
B. challenge-respon nse
C. either (a) or (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b))

10. Challenge-response authentication can be done usingg ________

A. symmetric-key cipphers
B. asymmetric-key ciphers
c
C. keyed-hash functtions
D. all of the above

Answer key for MCQ SET- 2

Q-1 Correc
ct Answer :conventional; digital
Q-2 Correc
ct Answer :both (a) and (b)
Q-3 Correc
ct Answer :confidentiality
Q-4 Correc
ct Answer :confidentiality
Q-5 Correc
ct Answer :asymmetric-key
Q-6 Correc
ct Answer :all of the above
Q-7 Correc
ct Answer :entity authentication
Q-8 Correc
ct Answer :fixed; one-time
Q-9 Correc
ct Answer :challenge-response
Q-10 Correc
ct Answer :all of the above
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MCQ Set-3

1. A(n) _____ is a trustted third party that assigns a symm

metric key
to two parties.
A. KDC
B. CA
C. KDD
D. none of the above e

2. A(n)______ creates a secret key only between a memb

ber and the
center.
A. CA
B. KDC
C. KDD
D. none of the above
e

3. The secret key betweeen members needs to be created aas a ______

key when two memberss contact KDC.
A. public
B. session
C. complimentary
D. none of the abovee

4. __________ is a popuular session key creator protocol tthat

requires an authenticattion server and a ticket-granting server.
A. KDC
B. Kerberos
C. CA
D. none of the abovee
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5. A(n) ________is a feederal or state organization that biinds a

public key to an entity and
a issues a certificate.
A. KDC
B. Kerberos
C. CA
D. none of the above e

6. A(n) ______ is a hierrarchical system that answers queeries about

key certification.
A. KDC
B. PKI
C. CA
D. none of the above e

7. The _______ criterio on states that it must be extremelyy difficult or

impossible to create thee message if the message digest is ggiven.
A. one-wayness
B. weak-collision-ressistance
C. strong-collision-re
esistance
D. none of the above e

8. The ________ criteriion ensures that a message cannott easily be

forged.
A. one-wayness
B. weak-collision-ressistance
C. strong-collision-re
esistance
D. none of the above e

9. The _______criterion ensures that we cannot find twoo messages

that hash to the same digest
d
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A. one-wayness
B. weak-collision-ressistance
C. strong-collision-re
esistance
D. none of the above e

Answer key for MCQ SET- 3

Q-1 Correc
ct Answer :KDC
Q-2 Correc
ct Answer :KDC
Q-3 Correc
ct Answer :session
Q-4 Correc
ct Answer :Kerberos
Q-5 Correc
ct Answer :CA
Q-6 Correc
ct Answer :CA
Q-7 Correc
ct Answer :one-wayness
Q-8 Correc
ct Answer :weak-collision-resistannce
Q-09 Correc
ct Answer :strong-collision-resista
ance